Bronson, Po
Summary: Argues that popular nurture-based parenting techniques are proving unsuccessful because they fail to include key aspects of scientific research, in an analysis that covers such topics as aggression, intelligence, and moral behavior.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.231 BROShumaker, Heather
Summary: Shumaker continues to overturn conventional parenting rules in this sequel to It's OK Not to Share. -- Heather Shumaker has sparked much discussion with her 'renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids.' In this follow-up book, she takes on new hot-button issues like banning homework, technology use, and skipping kindergarten. She helps parents help their kids develop important...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649 SHUReichert, Michael
Summary: Michael C. Reichert draws on his thirty years of experience researching the process by which boys become men to provide a roadmap for parents and educators who hope to help the boys they love and care about grow into strong, emotionally intelligent, and compassionate men. In this groundbreaking book, a leading psychologist and researcher of the journey from boyhood to manhood reveals the vital...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649 REIMarkham, Laura
Summary: Based on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham's approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. When you have that vital connection, you don't need to threaten, nag, plead, bribe -- or even punish. This remarkable guide will help parents...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 649.1 MARBinchy, Maeve.
Summary: Agreeing to care for the baby that a terminally ill former girlfriend claims is his, recovering alcoholic Noel turns to a loving network of family and friends for help until a social worker attempts to place the baby in a foster home.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BINMeeker, Margaret J.
Summary: "What are little boys made of? It used to be frogs, snails and puppy dog tails, but today it is MTV, ADD, and STDs. So how do parents raise their sons to be respectful and responsible young men despite a toxic culture that relentlessly undermines masculine virtues such as moral strength, self-restraint, and respect for women? By letting boys be boys. Dr. Meg Meeker, bestselling author of Strong...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649.132 MEEWeiner, Jennifer.
Summary: Cannie Shapiro is about to find out it's not easy to hide your past, especially when it's been in print. Now anonymously writing science fiction, seven pounds lighter and enoying life as a soccer mom and doctor's wife, Cannie must deal with the consequences when her daughter Joy stumbles onto her first novel.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WEILevitt, Steven D.
Summary: The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, offering a very different view on what drives the economy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 330 LEVPerry, Bruce D. (Bruce Duncan)
Summary: Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking what happened to a person, rather than what's wrong with them.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021